Northwestern College - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  3	Secondary School Record
  1	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  N	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  C	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.14.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top quarter	54%
  Second quarter	30%
  Third quarter	14%
  Bottom quarter	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

SAT verbal scores over 500 62%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 12%, ACT scores over 24 57%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, ACT scores over 30 11%
• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 2% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 98% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  28-36	n/a	n/a	11%
  23-27	n/a	n/a	33%
  18-22	n/a	n/a	34%
  Below 18	n/a	n/a	7%
  Unknown	n/a	n/a	15%